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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Jody Fronheiser, Delmar, NY (US);
Ajey P. Jacob, Albany, NY (US);
Witold P. Maszara, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Kerem Akarvardar, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a substrate fin formed in a substrate comprised of a first semiconductor material, wherein at least a sidewall of the substrate fin is positioned substantially in a <100> crystallographic direction of the crystalline structure of the substrate, a replacement fin structure positioned above the substrate fin, wherein the replacement fin structure is comprised of a semiconductor material that is different from the first semiconductor material, and a gate structure positioned around at least a portion of the replacement fin structure.